Universal Quantum Computation by a Single Photon

20 Sep 2019 · Gao Xiaoqin, Liu Zhengwei ·

We use one photon to simulate an n-qubit quantum system for the first time. We propose a new scheme to realize universal quantum computation in polynomial time O(n^5). A generating set of gates can be realized with high accuracy in the lab. We conclude that photonic quantum computation is one of the promising approaches to universal quantum computation.